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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06


Jasaary 4, 1854
Eilsoss F1sridiafs. Your correspondent JsU-
tios /" complains q tn ipjustice done Gov. Perry
By the Obmmsrcial. . well - q attacks upon
TX Governor BloxhAm. Allowme TO ~ Why
notice the Obmmeressls> Why give II an sdves-
tisemensf Every well posted man in the State
knows the bilious acidity Of it's cranky editor,
q well - his disgusting record. The papers of
the State scarcely ever refer 20 She dirty sheet
WHY not treat Wolfe aud his wsilingS a. ihe
FLoRmrAN has treated them-with silent con-
tsmptr No mans character b damaged by the
vile slsnders ot the Obmg,Srcsak During Gov.
Bloxham'e edministradon Wolfe was continu-
ously slandering and abusing him. No one paid
any attention 70 il, and when the next State
Democratic Convention met. In Wones own
town, 1t pronounced Gov Bloxhams admins
tration the most brilliant In the history OF the
commonwealth" The C0Dscsercsat abused Gov.
Perry and ives circulated in the came cOnven-
ton to defeat his nomination. What was the
RESULT Gov. Perry was nominated and elected.
The same paper abused Col. Davidson most out
rageously. Rehabilitation renOminated. II
opposed Davidson's reelection in most SIAN
derous manner, and he received the largest ma
jority he ever had.
In 1884 1t abused Mr.: Dougherty so9ndly, and
placed him on it's {" black list" Dougherty
IVES nominated the same year and elected to
Congress. 1t has reached that point that any
public man who wants to succeed, always pre-
fers the opposition Of the Com1asrciak Its en-
dorsemept Of . Candidate b considered by many
Of our best posted politicians As fatal to that
candidats's success lis abuse Is far better than
In praise. Thsn why notice itl 1t is the only
paper IN the State that ID vilifyng either of the
gentlemen mentioned for the Senate. The Others
are too respectable to do 50. Then let 1t stand
alone in ~ disgusting and degrading position
Of public slaAderer. The seversst rebuke you
can give Il il 70 never let it be known through
youf columns that such paper exists.
Ito abuse Of public man b about the highest
compliment you can pay him. VERrrAA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06
Continues to SANDER.

The IdXdItasseean froths.at the mouth
again with falsehood and defamation
After resting two weeks, this mout hpiece
Of the little local conspiracy to damage,
for personal reasons, the good FLoR1D1AN,
resumes the evil tenor of its way, but
will do US no more injury than does its
friend and associate in SANDER, the
Times Union, whose attacks the Zala-
h0sseeo, reprints.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

The Palatka Daily Nesos expresses
strong preference for the appointment Of
Hon. r. F. Taylor to succeed Judge King
and in this represents many lawyers and
prominent men. tsays:
We believe Judge King to be pure and upright
we have no word to breathe against his integrity
and his faithful service IL we'll known, but va
insist that Robert Fenwick Taylor IL equally
stainless and capable, and We see no need to
bring into the arena Of personal dispute the
claims which will BE- decided BY power whose
foresight We recognize, to whose decision We
shall bow with pleasure, and whose wish to serve
the people 10 more than commensurate with biz
vested authority.
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Mr.. Edwin Martin, who has occu.

Mr.. Edwin Martin, who has occu.
pied the position of assistant editor on the
staff of the Morning NeDs for the lest
three years, has accepted the position Of
managing editor of the Times Union Of
Jacksonville, Fla, and leaves for that
city this morning. Mr.. Martin is an sble
writer and conscientious and painstsk.
ing journalist. He is familiar with the
political, industrial, economical and %
cial questions OF the day, and is well 10
quainted with all matters pertaining 70
the South. The Times. Union will dnd
Mr.. Martin q well-equipped newspaper
man-a fact which the readers Of thas
journal will doubtless soon discover. NJ.
Martin leaves many friends in Savannah
and Georgia who wish him success in ~
new field Of labor.-6avonsaA Nssa
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

-Pensacola Adoonce Gazette. The trial OF
Mr.. r. H. Bombay, on q charge Of murder, in
the Circuit Court yesterday. resulted in an &C.
quital after a short consideration by the jury.
The arrest Of Mr.. Bombay was as dirty piece
ofpolitical skullduggery as was ever perpetrsted
and will not soon be forgotten. i. The Pensaco-
Ia street railway have written for the engineer
to come on and prepare for the extension Of their
lines. The nrst extension will be west Of Gov
ernment street to Bayou Chico, . distance Of
about ~ miles. While the matter has not yet
come up in . business form, it Is safe TO say
that the company will at 40 early day adopt
the electric motor syst<
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

-Telegrsphic reports from many points
in the orange section tend to the graft
flying conclusion that no material injury
was done to trees or fruit by the re-
cent cold weather.
Cob Mills, Of the Tampa Tribune,
gave the Reporters pleasant call on Mon
day last. Col. Mills is proving himself one
of the ablest writer's in the State, and .
very level headed gentleman on general
principles. - Orlando Reporter. =.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

The Florida Christian Advocate.
published at Sanford, was so ably con-
Quoted during its first year as to establish
its prosperity and secure the reelection
of its editor, Rev. Jas. P. DePass, by the
recent Conference of the M. e. Church.
South, held in Tallahassee. Having hon.
ored us with call, Mr.. DePass kindly
speaks of the FLoRrDIAN as follows:
I'VE had the pleasure of visiting the ONCE of
the FLoRIDIAN, while 10 Tallahassee, and OF
making the acquaintance Of Measrs Dor d
Bowen, ito proprieton and editors. The FLoRr-
DIAN Once Il 10 . dourishIng and prosperous
condition, 10 fully equipped for oil kinds OF print
ingly handsome work The TLoRDrAn holds
its own in the esteem Of the people, b sbly edited
and elegantly printed
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

8aaArSaA Matters Diseased d ~
~ Council. sy
Tho drss regular meeting Of T.ll.h...
City Council for the year 1887 VA. 80
night. Mayor Geo. W. Walker and p 10
Edward Lewis were present in the i,,.-T
railroad connection northwsrd, and e.ch
talk 10 the Council. We are inform., ,, os
WAS there stated that Mr.. Page, q shor, Tim.
Tore his death, had sold his charter q, 49,.
that one payment Of $4,000 had bee, .;
+, and tle syndicate was in England m,L;. -us
raugemsnts for another paymen, in F.h.s ~
We are also tad that il was stated a..
Columbus and Florida Railroad desired =, -.
let 10 this direction, were not par,icnl., UT
their objective point in Florida, but vonla
ably build to the place Offering the create. NJ. y
ducement. 'a'
This brings the issue down TO the min,
acti"o-promp, and effective work-shon,a
gin, and II was suggested that Council u...
appropriation to defray expenses Of 4. n.,,- '.a
canvass city and county TO solici, subscr;r,;.'
OF land money, &C., in order tina, it mieb, :.
ascertained 81 as early a day as possible -.
what Inducements could be offered for . rail-,
to Tallahassee. Council deferred action !, :,
matter, but money was subscribed BY tho
present towards defraying expense of canvass.
for subscriptions.
This is step In the right direction, LEI o,h.,.
promptly subscribe to this canvassing fund ,,s
the good work be inaugurated at once and mat !.
to speedy and successful completion.
A railroad to Tallahassee would benen, .,.,,
property holder in county and city, therefor, N
should aid In securing its construction. W.mr.,
offer an nducemens 10 secure q road, then l., N
help TO make that inducement suf1cien, IN h,;..
railroad 10 Tallahassee.
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Jacksonville Daily Msrald.l

Jacksonville Daily Asrald.l
The Palaska Neses thinks We ought to re-
tract the epithet Of" venerable mummy" applied
TO the editor Of the FLoRILIAH, after reading the
following keen and trenchant paragraph d. scrib-
Ing the editor of the Times Union. We think 90
too, and We do retract:
newspapers because Of the news, It being his good
luck and the peoples bad luck that he has monop-
oily Of the prese dispatches to sustain paper which
would otherwise die Of its Auts and his disreputs
With the cheek and push Of the advance agent of Q
variety show, he came down South few years ago
and thrust himself npon the public Of Florida 70
make money and lose chafacter-and succeeded"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

"A Mr.. Henry OReilly died recently
who, forty years ago, wanted to put up q
telegraph line between Philadelphia and
New York, but the railroad company re.
fused him the right Of way on the ground
that the telegraph would enable people
10 do business without the railroad.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

The surveying corps of the Columbus and Flo.
.gida railroad are now within thirteen miles of
ehis city on their return trip. They expect to
reach this city by the 9th OF January.-Odluns-
bus Enquirsr- Sun, Jan. ..
The people were expecting soon to see
that surveying corps in Tallahassee.
Have they reason to continue to expect to
zee itp Is it not the true state of the
case that if Tallahassee and Leon county
want railroad they must go to work and
build it in defiance Of all obstacles that
10y be thrown in the way by existing
railroad inesf ~
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

~ HCAAOA OHGuStOm Districts In
Florida.
The proposed reduction of collection district,
in Florida from seven to four seems to be AZ nm
wise as II is unnecessary. Florida has a %,
coast OF over 200 miles. There is q collector
at Pensacola and one at Apalachicoh. Tbess
two IL is proposed to retain At ST. Mark.
which has only a coastwise and unimport,nt
commerce, there is an inspector under the col
lector Of Cedar Key. Cedar Key is an impoi.
tant port, has large lumber and commercial in.
terests, is the terminus of the Florida Railway
q Navigation Railroad On the Gulf and II i
situated at the mouth of the Suwannee. and IA az.
pected to be connected with a new line lof nail
way extending North. There is necessity Of
custom house At Cedar Key, Apalachicola, on
the west, being over $50 miles distant and Kew
West over 400 miles south of It
Under the new bill il 10 proposed TO have but
two collection districts for the whole of nenu.
sulAr Florida, with its coast line of 900 miles
one OF which is to be placed at Key West, 100
miles out in the Cult. and the other on the 81.
johns, we suppose, as the district is called the
81 Johns District. Frum Apalachicols to Key
West II 10 proposed to have no customs collector,
20 that those having business with the ONCE
must 60 nom Cedar Key and Tampa either to
Key Weston Apalachicola. On the eastern
coast the bulk Of the tonnage is at Fern.ndins,
which shows tonnage to the extent of three or
four hundred thousand tons per year.
The pretence for this reduction of districts Is q
plea Of economy. Such economy is dearly Dur.
Chased ii it leaves coast of over four hundred
miles unguarded and forces ship-masasrs to
travel hundreds of miles to attend TO their busi
ness
The collectors gel small salaries and are few
enough In Florida
The regulating the number of districts BY the
amount of duties collected is about as iniudicous
standard as could be devised.
The customs districts are arranged for the
benefit of commerce and the protection Of the
revenues Il does not matter whether the duties
are collected on hundred cases ofwine at New
York and they are then shipped to Fernandns
or whether the duties are paid at FernandIns
II no custom houses are established except
where the duties paid exceed the expense Of SUE
tanning the custom-house the smugglers would
have good time at the open ports. 1t is safe 10
say that the Government would lose more than
it saved by the reduction of the seven custom
houses IN Florida to four Our Representatives
who understand the situation, should explain
the matter Of the Florida seacoast to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means and prevent so ipju-
dicious reduction as Is proposed.
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Gsine sville Daily Advocate.1
THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE.

The Largest laterfor City In the
Stote-P0pu1atien E.oo0.
That the population Of Gainesville had largely
increased during the past year was known to oil
our citizens, bat they will be agreeably sur
prised TO learn that we now have city OF over
500 population, and that the gain in one year
reaches over 1900 These facts haze been &C.
cura,ely determined BY the very thorough and
conscientious canvas Just made by Webb's dl
rectory corps. This 10 certainly cheering infor-
nation and the citizens OF Gainesville have rea.
son TO congratulate themselves upon the rapid
growth of the city. The building Of few fac
tories in the next three months would cause The
population of Gainesville to double within the
next year. The past prosperity and future bril-
liant outlook for GAINESVILLE have been made sp.
parent by the thorough and efficient work per-
formed by Mr.. Webb's geutlemanly corps OF
cAnvaasera
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06
LETTER HEADS.

Plain paper, linen, Or assorted colors, cheaply
nd neatly printed, at FIoaDfAx OSyscA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06

Every section OF the Constitution shall receive
three readings previous to It's being adopted the
President shall give notice ct each whether 1t be the
nrst, second or third, which readings shall be on
three different days, unless twothirds OF the House
declare Otherwise; and when any Section. Ordi:
nance Resolution of the Constitution shall have
vote upon the question oflts final adoption, which
veto shall In all cases be taken by ayes and noes by
calling the roll, and said vote shall be spread upon
all the members elected to this Convention to
adopt any Section, Article or Ordinance of the
Constitution
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23
Candida Pax.

In our issue d July 10th there appear
ed little item which has caused our
railroad friends to visit Us, because it re-
Elected upon them all. At the time the
article was handed us, we were very
busy and it was put in type and never
thought of afterward, until an official
called early on Saturday morning. He
was mad, and it made us feel rs though
we were going to get a thrashing. We
talked, and talked, and we toll him we
would correct any injury done him, if
possible. On Monday another gentle
man called and we sat calmly down and
reasoned about the matter end were sor-
ry we had injured the character of fly
one. On Tuesday the third gentleman
came in and we tod him what we told
the others. This local which caused all
this trouble was handed to us W two
ladies, and we handed it over to the COM
positors. There is mistake in the arti-
Gle which we will ugly correct. That the
word gentlemen; it should have been
in the singular number To all these rail
road gentlemen whom we have injured
we willingly make this correction. These
ladies say they have been spoken to and
called to by one member but let it be
understood hereafter when anyone wants
to give word of warning through our
Il
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23


According 10 the statistical report of
tho Sunday schools in the United States
rendered at the late International Con
vention held in Chicago, there has been
an increase in the scholar membership
of all the Sunday schools in the U. S.
since 1884 Of 800, 6l5. 1t is interesting
to know by what agencies this increase
has been secured for ii shows that great
missionary work has been done to bring
an army of $4,000 into active member
ship with our Sunday schools. No more
important work can be conceived of, for
it has to do with the destiny of our en-
tire country.
The three last Annual reports of the
American Sunday School Union, the old
undenominated Society that cares for
the children" who arc provided for by
no one else, show that since 1854, it has
brought lS5.03l children into 4,047 new
Sunday schools, number equal to 5000
more than one half of all the increase
reported as having been secured by this
and all other agencies during those
three years. But this American Sunday
School Union did more than this-It
aided 1926 other schools, which have
46,774 teachers and 5l5,7l4 seholars,-so
that in these three years it reached 0,S72
communities and Sunday schools, and
7OO,74S children, and youth, and then
reaided and revisited the schools 9,245
times, besides making 92,5s4 visits to
families, supplying 5000 destitute per-
sons with the scriptures and holding
27,247 religious meetings That there is
great need for more of just such work in
our country, is evident from the fact that
according to the International Secreta~y's
report there are but S,03447s scholars in
all the Sunday schools in the United
States, that report to its convention
which the chairman Of the Executive
Committee said was five per cent. too
small Ifiive per cent. were added, we
have S,436.20l scholars in all our Sunday
schools. But the statement was made
that 10 per cent. should be deducted for
those over II and under six years of age
and those who attend more than one
school and are counted twice; which de-
Quoted would leave 6,74S,96l children
and youth Of school age in all our Sun
day-schools, while there are at lee It
100000 more children of that age in N
our country, and very likely most Of
them attend no Sunday school.
Truly the American Sunday School
Union is doing great work, for present
and future America, for which there is
most urgent need. Any who would like
to read its last annual report, or aid its
work by gil, of funds may send to
j, NJ. CEowELI, Sec of Missions,
1922 Chestnut Street.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23
A Great Face.

DErRolt, July 21.-Thc race to-
day between the great PAGER, John
ston, and Harry Wilkes was hard
fight, in which 'he t-otter came out
in the lead. When Johnston APP
peared, to an cighty-four-pound
wagon, there was great cheel .ng
from the 1900 people Blair was
his diver Nan-Ness drove Wilkes
out in light sulky few minutes.
later. When they started for the
first heat the crowd was 50 quiet the
word was heard all over the ground.
Johnston had a head the best of it.
lie soon made it II len; IL and was
three clear lengths in the lead at the
turn. The quarter was made l very
slow time at a 300 gait. Wi'les
closed Il little on the back stretch,
but three was nothing like Il brush.
The horses came home well together,
but Johnston had the race well in
hand. Time 81, 1904, 42l, PIG.
The second heat was wonderful
one. Only three times did the two
great horses score before they were
given the word for heat that
knocked two seconds Off the best
wagon record. The stat. was per-
icctly even. Before the tmn was
reached Johnston showed his best
pacing clip, led by an open len. Il
and was never Tapped to the wire.
Wilkes was driven very fast in the
last half, and was doing his best to
win. There was not slip, break
or misstep during the entire mile,
which was made in as pretty form
as two horses ever paced or trotted
The crowd saw nothing phenominal
in it, so apparently easy was it ac-
complished for both drivers and
horses. Time, 333, 1.0G, 1893, 2.1l!
The third heat started as If for q
repetition Of the others, but at til,
first turn Johnston broke badly and
did not settle down to business un
til near the quarter. In the mean
time Wilkes forged ahead fully II
lenths. Johnston then struck ter
lilic gait, and although it was toe
late for him to WIN the heat, he clos
ed in and at The finish was not more
than eight lengths behind. Wilke,
put on more speed toward the close
and saved the race. Tine. 30, 100
ABB, 2.19.
Wilkes took the lead in the fourth
! with Johnston at his heels The
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23
Saturday, July %, 1887.

THE Easton Democrat in recent
issue came out under flaming
headline, announcing that the town
was ahead of all others, because it
had electric light and a good water
supply; and not only this, that they
had the finest race course in the
State. Now it is we'll enough to
crow and crow loud, but the Elkton
(Md) papers should raise their
voices in protest of the latter state
ment. No grounds are finer than
those of Cecil County Agricultural
Society, and it is useless for any
Boosting to the contrary by other
towns or fair associations. Easton
is splendid town, and with the
spark of electricity beautifully illum-
mating her busy streets, and sufi-
Gent water supply to battle against
flames and clean her streets, she
should feel justly proud, but the
praise should stop at this juncture.
Neither will Easton have the largest
fair. Oh, no, not by large major
ity.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23
The Beginning of the End.

The beginning Of disease is slight
debility or disoraer of some OF the vital
organs, the stomach, the liver of the
bowels usually. There are dyspep,ic
symptoms, the liver is troublesome. the
skin grows tawney and unhealthy look
ing, there are pains in the right side
or through the right shoulder blade
The climax is often an utter prostration
ofthc physical energies, perhaps fatal
issue. But if the difficulty is met in
time with lIostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which is always effective as remedy.
and it should be restored to at an early
stage, there will be no reason to appre-
bend those injurious subsequent effects
upon the system often entailed by entire
~ cured diseases. Far better is it, also,
to employ this safe remedial agent in
fever and ague, and other malaral com
plants, than quinine and other potent
drugs which, even when they do prove
eliectual for time, ruin the stonath
and impa'r the general health.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23

Our determined eff
forts to give our people
every advantage for the
buying of just such
Clothing as their taste
and style demand right
in 'Wilminnton is meet
ing with great success.
"A constant care for the
wants of our customers,
a determination to sell
only reliable goods and
II one L00oeSt Price to
everybody explains it
all. Have you seen the
new Styles In Boys ana
Mems Clothing? We
viii be only too glad to
show them to you as
your appreciation when
looking means Il pur.
chase when you get
ready to buy. Many
novelties in Boys and
Childirn's Clothing.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23
~'.",.",.''.''sr's,.'..".r,...-
An Imperative Necessity.

What pure air is to an unhealthy To-
cality, what spring cleaning is to the
neat housekecper, so is Hoods Sarsapar-
lila to everybody, at this season The
body needs to be thoroughly renovated.
the blood purified and vitalized. the
germs of disease destroyed. scrofula,
Salt Rhcum, and all other blood disor-
ders are cured by Hoods sarsaparilla,
the most popular and successful spring
medicine
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-23

rtotter was never headed, although
down the back stretch it was a pref
ty team race. At the half Wilkes
began to draw away and logged
home four or five lengths ahead.
Time, SSS, los, 1.41l, 2.1Si.
The fifth and last heat was practi-
cally a REPETITION of the fourth, even
to the beautiful double team race
on the back stretch, but Wilkes had
an easier race. Time, "a, LOIS, 1;43,
2:213.